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I was grocery shopping the other day and saw what had to be a 2 or 3yr old little girl wearing a blue dress...really cute, but she had bright blue eye shadow on, it was kind of weird seeing it on someone that tiny, especially in such a bright color.

I'm not a prude at all, actually I grew up w/ my mom putting make up on me every chance she got and I guess it runs in the family because everyone in her family puts make up on the girls to make them look cute i guess? IDK. My cousin just had a baby girl a couple months ago and she already paints her nails, lmao omg it looks freaking weird but my whole family think it's the cutest thing ever.

Ok, so here is my view on make up as a mother of one girl (two boys) I'm going to try and steer clear from putting make up on my baby. I think she's just too cute as she is and to put make up on her...idk, some of these made up lil girls look like clowns to me and I want to enjoy my baby's natural face for as long as I can.

Once she's old enough to say "Mommy I want my nails painted" or something along those lines, we can have a Mommy/Daughter Spa Day or something special like that to have our nails done together but as far as make up goes at such a young age I'd probably limit her to tinted chapstick or tinted gloss and that's about it really until she reaches high school.

Enter High school she can wear make up as long as it's tasteful. I wore makeup in Highschool so I know how it is at that age, she can wear make up too as long as she KNOWS how to put it on right....when I was in high school I wore brown eyelinner around the outside of my lips and filled it in w/ maroon lipstick cause I thought that was cool omg why did I do that?!

When playing dress-up it's fine and dandy, in my household. My dd's 6 and she has put mine and her play make up on...while playing dress-up or to "look pretty for daddy". Any other time, I'd have to say, NO. However, we have gone out of the house when she had it on, b/c I forgot to wash it off...or going to my parents...

When playing dress-up it's fine and dandy, in my household. My dd's 6 and she has put mine and her play make up on...while playing dress-up or to "look pretty for daddy". Any other time, I'd have to say, NO. However, we have gone out of the house when she had it on, b/c I forgot to wash it off...or going to my parents...

(we don't purposely put in on when we go out of the house...)

I didn't think of that, I may put together a Caboodle Box of little make up things for dress up time too, she's only a year and a half right now so I have a ways to go, but that's a cute idea, letting her wear it for dress up play indoors.

When playing dress-up it's fine and dandy, in my household. My dd's 6 and she has put mine and her play make up on...while playing dress-up or to "look pretty for daddy". Any other time, I'd have to say, NO. However, we have gone out of the house when she had it on, b/c I forgot to wash it off...or going to my parents...

I was allowed to play with make-up when I was young but never wear it out of the house, unless it was Halloween, or if I snuck it to school (and I was in trouble when I got home if I did that).

I think that I'm going to take the route of; you're beautiful just the way you are and don't need make-up. She can start wearing it her freshman year of high school, and then only if I/DH approve of it and if it's done tastefully.

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